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35 Cards in this Set
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anthrac/o
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coal
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atel/o
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imperfect
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cheil/o
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lip
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con/i
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dust
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halat/o
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breathe
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ortho/o
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straight
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pneum/o
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air
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py/o
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pus
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rhonch/o
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snore
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thel/i
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nipple
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tubercul/o
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a little sweating
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anthracosis
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black lung, inhalation of coal dust
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atel/ectasis
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atel = imperfect
-ectasis = dilation, expansion |
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bronchiectasis
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chronic dilation of bronchi
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chyne-stokes respiration
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rhythmic cycle of breathing followed by apnea
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croup
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acute respiratory disease - obstruction of airway
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cystic fibrosis
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fibrosis and cyst formation in the pancreas
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diaphragmatocele
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hernia of the diaphragm
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dysphonia
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difficulty speaking, hoarseness
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emphysema
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alveoli distended, difficult to exhale
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empyema
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pus in a body cavity
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epistaxis
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nose bleed
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legionnaires disease
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severe pulmonary pneumonia
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mesothelioma
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tumor of mesothelium of pleura caused by asbestos
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orthopnea
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inability to breathe unless in upright position
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pertussis
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whooping cough
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pleurodynia
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pain in the pleura
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pneumoconiosis
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restricting intake of air into lungs due to inhalation of dust particles
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polyp
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tumor with a stem
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pyothorax
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pus in the chest cavity
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rale
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abnormal sound of the chest - bubbling
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rhinorrhea
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discharge from the nose
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rhoncus
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snoring
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stridor
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high pitch sound resulting from obstruction of air passageway
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tracheostomy
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new opening in trachea
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